Manifesting Mindfulness - My Journey Through Life

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#YogaMOOC - What did I learn?

November 30, 2017

In the last couple of weeks I learned many new things in the YogaMOOC on edx.org. Asanas I learned a new way to approach chair pose, which has always been rather hard for me. I tend to lean forward to much with my upper body, so now I am trying to stretch/lean more up and not forward. I love the sun salutation and the repetitions. The more you repeat the sequence, the easier it will get. My goal is to incorporate the right breathing more into sun salutation. Well-Being Well-Being has been a concept in my world, but it was good to hear what this well-being actually incorporates. It was a reminder for me to focus more on what I love, get in more physical and mental exercise and connect with people who have a positive impact on me. Anatomy So far I have not had much to do with anatomy except for when I was in school. During the summer in the yoga TTC I learned so many interesting things about the human body and how it works, the YogaMOOC was a great addition to that. It

Week 5 - My goal

November 23, 2017

I can't believe it's week 5 already. Where has time gone? There is one really good thing about this: Week 5 of the YogaMOOC means, that I have successfully spent 5 out of 6 weeks in China already. The end of the course means that I will have finished my last 6 weeks' assignment in China and I am going back home to Austria!! How am I holding up with my goal to practice yoga regularly again? Well, this week has been a challenge . We are having visitors from headquarters here in China right now, so the evenings are packed with dinners and staying out late. To be honest, I have been so tired lately, that my number one focus was to get enough quality sleep. HOWEVER : I practiced more yoga on the weekend. I did plan a lot of things for my last weekend in China, but what's also part of this plan was yoga. I ran around in old town Suzhou and enjoyed some great time on my mat. Lately I have been enjoying slow yoga practices more than energetic practice. So I tend to

What is yoga for me?

November 23, 2017

This is a little summary of what yoga is in connection with the broader concept of "well-being". I could go on and draw so many more lines because almost everything is interconnected, so the lines you see are the most important connections for me :)

Good Music and Yoga

November 22, 2017

This past week I actually stuck to my goal. I practiced yoga regularly and it made me feel really good about myself. I had some problems with my left wrists, so I took a little break. But it's been good to have yoga back in my life more. What I also rediscovered: My love for music. Throughout my childhood I almost lived in the music school next to our house. I played the cello, the electric bass, took singing classes and was in dance. After that I learned to play the saxophone and was still part of many orchestras. 1,5 years ago there was a major cut - no more music in my life except for my ukulele that I took on one of my business trips. Last week I started to listen to various Amazon playlists again. There are so many good songs out there that make me want to go back to music. The plan is that before Christmas my boyfriend, two friends and I will do a jam session. I am VERY excited for that. I hope we really carry through with that! Yoga and music also match perfectly. Whe

Assignment Week 4

November 19, 2017

This week involved a lot of thinking about myself. I am currently at a point of my life where I have to make some decisions. Decisions about my future. Even though my job is not very stressful at the moment, there are some things that stress me currently. One of them is the pressure I feel that I have to make the "right" decisions "now" otherwise it could be too late. Deep inside I know that's not true but still. It's something I think about a lot. I started a journal in which I answer a lot of different questions: What am I good at? What am I bad in? What gives me strength and power? What sucks the energy out of me? Who are my good friends? Who is not a good influence for me? What is my goal in life? I combined the journal work with our off-the-mat assignments and did some deep thinking about life. I have not come to a conclusion and I could not answer all of the questions above. But I do feel like thinking about me and my life is really use